michael royce

 


Michael L. Royce
Executive Director
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)

An online show of selected Curate NYC entries.

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Michael Royce is the Executive Director of the New York Foundation for the Arts.  NYFA is the largest nonprofit provider of funding, information and services to artists and emerging arts centered organizations in the U.S.  NYFA raises approximately $10 million dollars per year to provide awards, workshops and resources to thousands of artists and arts organizations throughout the nation.

Mr. Royce was named head of NYFA in 2006.  In this capacity he works with national arts institutions, has served on panels awarding public dollars to excellent performing cultural nonprofits, and has conducted many seminars on networking, fundraising, managing and Board development. As a Trustee, he currently serves on the New York Council of Nonprofits and in the past has served on the Boards of the Jersey City Museum, the Art Directors Club of New York, the Rebecca Kelley Ballet, and the 34th Street Partnership.

Internationally, Mr. Royce has been an invited speaker by the Costa Rica-North American Cultural Center, the State of Israel through the New York Israel Cultural Cooperation Commission, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Arts Council England the Bureau for External Cultural Relations, Ministry of Culture, and the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture in Beirut, Lebanon.

Prior to his leadership at NYFA, Mr. Royce was appointed by Governor George E. Pataki as President of the Moynihan Station Redevelopment Corporation, which is a subsidiary of the Empire State Development Corporation, a public authority under the Governor created to launch economic development initiatives within New York State.  Governor Pataki had previously appointed Mr. Royce as the Deputy Director of the New York State Council on the Arts.

In 2002, Mr. Royce received the prestigious Ellis Island Medal of Honor for his professional accomplishments.

This online exhibition is exclusively presented at curatenyc.org.